The seven protesters — four men and three women — chanted various slogans including "Boehner, Boehner, don't be a dick, budget cuts will make us sick" for some twenty minutes before police threatened to arrest them for indecent exposure.

All seven put on their clothes and left the room, but the three female protesters were eventually arrested for hanging back to talk to reporters.

"We are here today to tell the naked truth today about these budget cuts," protester Jennifer Flynn said prior to her arrest. "The truth is that people with AIDS have been stripped naked for years - Medicaid has been cut, states are [struggling]... There are waiting lists in this country where people with AIDS are dying."

Some $1.2 billion in spending is expected to be automatically cut if sequestration takes effect in January.